(Ben)
Despite the terrible night of wind and rain we'd just had and the many warnings from people that the west of Tasmania is wet and windy, we were really keen to go and see this part first. So we spent the morning driving in that direction along the north coast, mainly through rain and drizzle and under grey skies.
We passed through the town of Penguin and weren't disappointed. Pretty much everything here is adorned with penguins - the only thing we didn't see was real ones. Then on through Burnie and further north-west to the town of...